In addition to all that pep, Arcata also plays host tonight to the Fifth Annual String Thing, an evening of strummed and picked delights at the ATL featuring The Absynth Quintet, Dirt Floor Band, Lyndsey Battle, Chris Parreira, Caitlin Jemma and more.

Add to this Arcatacentric night the allure that Ethiopian-born, Yale-educated, Bay Area jazz singer Meklit Hadero provides and you got some tough choices to make, Humboldt. Even more confounding variables in your Lowdown below.

Becky's New CarRedwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
Becky Foster, is caught in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage—with no prospects for change on the horizon. Then one night a socially inept and grief-stricken millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where Becky works.
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